Seed-corn tipper.



W. T. 0ALI WBLL. SEED CORN HYPER.

APILIOATIOIT FILED JAN. 18, 1908.

Patented Dec.22,1908.

WILLIAM T. CALDWELL, OF EDGAR, NEBRASKA.

SEED-CORN 'IIPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed January 18, 1908. Serial No. 411,432.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM T. CALD- WELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edgar, in the county of Clay and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Corn Tippers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawmg.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for removing grains of corn from an ear thereof; and an object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which will be simple in construction and which will prove comparatively cheap in manufacture and efiicient in operation.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle, Fig ure 1 is a perspective view of. my new device; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof the brads being shown straight, however, at their outer ends; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a modified form hereinafter referred to.

The body portion of my new device is a block of wood formed with a handle a and with a head I). The latter is formed with a hole 0 which is of sufficient size to admit either end of an ear of corn. Into the cylindrical wall d of the hole 0 are driven two pairs of brads, one pair e of which is fastened in the front part of the wall and the other pair f of which is mounted in the rear part of the wall d. The free ends of the brads are bent outwardly, the free ends of the pair e being opposed to the free ends of the pair f so that the brads form a pair of Vs. The free ends of the brads may be straight, as is shown at e, f, Fig. 2, instead of being curved, as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 3, the brads g, h are of steel and are formed integral with the wall 2' of the hole 0.

My new device hereinbefore described is called by me a seed corn tipper and by means of it may be removed from an ear of com the oddshaped, uneven and irregular grains commonly found thereon. To accomplish this result the tipper is held in one hand and the ear of corn is held in the other hand. The ear is pressed by the latter firmly against the brads and at the same time is turned, whereby the irregular-shaped grains will be removed, prior to shelling for seed.

I claim:

A device of the character described consisting of a body portion formed with a handle and having a head integral therewith and formed with a hole adapted to receive an end of an ear of corn; and a plurality of pairs of brads the free ends of each pair being 0pposed and forming together a V; said free ends extending over said hole to engage the end of the ear.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses this fourteenth day of January, A. D. 1908.

' WILLIAM T. CALDWELL.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL W. CHRIsTY, LEwIs E. CoTTLE. 

